Health eChat

Welcome to Health eChat, featuring podcasts on a variety of topics related to
your health. Health eChat will feature information from general topics, such as
women's health and sports medicine, to discussions about the latest procedures
and services available at UConn Health.

What You Need to Know About Kidney Stones

Dr. Erica
Lambert, a urologist specializing in the treatment of kidney stones,
discusses the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of kidney stones, as well as
ways to avoid developing future stones.

Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors

Dr. Tessa Balach, an orthopaedic surgeon
specializing in the treatment of bone and soft
tissue tumors at the
UConn Musculoskeletal Institute discusses the
types of tumors she treats in adults and
children, and why it’s important to see a
specialist for these rare conditions.

Heart Failure

Dr. Jason Ryan, co-director of the Heart
Failure Program at the
Pat and Jim
Calhoun Cardiology Center, provides
information about heart failure, a condition
that affects over 5.7 million individuals in the
United States. He also talks about the Health
Center’s new and innovative “Hospital to Home”
program which helps keep heart failure patients
at home and out of the hospital.